[OpenID board] Technical Committee Chairs

[Santosh Rajan]

Thanks John for clarifying the matter.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:29 PM, John Bradley <jbradley at mac.com> wrote:

> David is a community board member, with no special board rights.
>
> You are probably thinking of the Spec's council that formerly had veto over
> proposed WG charters.
>
> He is a member of that Council that is not currently elected.
>
> John B.
>
> On 2010-05-20, at 7:20 AM, Santosh Rajan wrote:
>
> I am slightly out of tune regarding this thread. My apologies. However I
> have one related question.
>
> 1) I had heard about a year back that the original founders of OpenID, and
> if I understood this correctly includes David Recordon.
> 2) I also heard about a year back that the original founders had a veto
> rights on the decisions made on the OpenID board.
> 3) Can the board clarify whether I am right or wrong?
>
> And If I am right then my request to David recordon is that please do take
> a more democratic stand on these matters.
> Thank you so much
> Santosh Rajan
>
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:33 PM, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It seems that it was completely a misunderstanding. Given that the Board
>> wanted us to move forward quickly, I was just trying to help make that
>> happen.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:58 AM, John Bradley <jbradley at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> My recollection is that Dick said that being part of a decision to direct
>>> funds to himself would be a conflict, so he recused himself from the vote.
>>>
>>> I understood Scot's reply to be that resigning from the board/committee
>>> was not required.   That the bylaws contained other mechanisms to deal with
>>> such a conflict.
>>>
>>> I am assuming that the conflict or lack there of will be dealt with as
>>> part of the contract/SOW process.
>>>
>>> If there is no contract/SOW there is no conflict.
>>>
>>> If there is a issue with Dick remaining chair I expect the director to
>>> inform the Committee and a new election to occur in a democratic fashion.
>>>
>>> The Committee can also decide to replace the chair at any time
>>> independent of conflict recommendations from Council/ED.
>>>
>>> So I did consider your note a touch over eager.   I do understand that it
>>> was perhaps partially motivated by conversations I am unaware of.
>>>
>>> John B.
>>>
>>> On 2010-05-20, at 6:40 AM, David Recordon wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, when I spoke with Don, Brian, and Scott after the meeting they
>>> were all under the impression that this was the case.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Dick Hardt <dick.hardt at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I stated I had a conflict as chair of the technical committee to direct
>>>> funds to myself from the technical committee budget. I did not state that I
>>>> was stepping down as chair of the tech committee, nor did anyone suggest
>>>> that I should.
>>>>
>>>> My understanding is that the technical committee was to review the
>>>> statement of work. I predict that continuing on as chair of the technical
>>>> committee would be beneficial in performing the work.
>>>>
>>>> I'm disappointed that you did not discuss your proposed path before
>>>> sending out this email.
>>>>
>>>> I will send out a draft SOW to the Tech Comm and schedule a call to
>>>> discuss soon.
>>>>
>>>> -- Dick
>>>>
>>>> On 2010-05-19, at 11:01 PM, David Recordon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Today the Board passed a resolution directing the Executive Director,
>>>> Chair, Technical Committee, and outside council to explore a contracting
>>>> relationship with Dick Hardt to move the v.Next work forward. Dick brought
>>>> up how there could be a conflict during this process given that he is the
>>>> chair of the Technical Committee. So for the time being I'll take on the
>>>> chair role with Joseph Smarr (who wasn't at the meeting but I spoke to a few
>>>> hours ago) taking on the co-chair role.
>>>> >
>>>> > Technical Committee, expect a followup email around starting to pull
>>>> together a set of deliverables and timeline over the next week. The goal, as
>>>> I understand it, is to either have a contract in place or a determination
>>>> that it is unfeasible by the end of the this month.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > --David
>>>>
>>>>
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